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Installing a printer, scanner, or other peripheral device
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Broadband Internet connections
You can use your tablet PC’s Ethernet jack for more than just networking. Many 
broadband Internet connections, such as cable modems and DSL modems, 
connect to your tablet PC’s Ethernet jack. For more information, see “Using the 
Internet” on page 77 and “Networking Your Tablet PC” on page 165.
Installing a printer, scanner, or 
other peripheral device
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Chapter 2: Getting Started
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Getting Help
This chapter tells you about additional information 
resources available to help you use your tablet PC. Read this 
chapter to learn how to access:
■Tut o r ia l s
■Help and Support Center
■Do More with Gateway
■Online help
■Gateway Web site 

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Using the tutorials
To run the tutorials, tap the Welcome to Tablet PC link in the Help and Support 
Center.
Help and 
SupportTo open the Help and Support Center, tap Start, then tap 
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Using the tutorials
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More helpful startup pages and programs
Get Going with Tablet PC
This interactive introduction offers more hints on using your Tablet PC and 
helps you calibrate the pen and display. You should calibrate the pen right 
away.
To open Get Going with Tablet PC:
■Ta p  Start, All Programs, then tap Get Going with Tablet PC.
Take a Tour of Windows XP
To open Take a Tour of Windows XP:
1Ta p  Start, then tap Help and Support Center.
2Ta p  What’s new in Windows XP.
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Inkball
After you finish the tutorials, you can play Inkball to hone your pen skills. 
To play Inkball:
■Ta p  Start, All Programs, Games, then tap Inkball. 

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Help and Support Center
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Help and Support Center
Your tablet PC includes Windows Help and Support Center, an easily accessible 
collection of help information, troubleshooters, instructional videos, and 
automated support. Use Help and Support Center to answer questions about 
Windows and to help you quickly discover and use the many features of your 
Gateway Tablet PC.
Whenever you open the Help and Support Center while the Gateway Tablet 
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Searching for a topic
To search for a topic in Help and Support Center, type a word or phrase 
(keyword) in the 
Search box located at the top of any Help and Support Center 
screen, then tap the arrow button.
For each search, you receive the following search result types:
■Suggested Topics - These topics are located in Help and Support Center 
and are relevant to your search topic.
■Full-text Search Matches - These topics are located in Help and Support 
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Do More with Gateway
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Do More with Gateway
Your tablet PC includes Do More with Gateway, a tool that provides additional 
information about using your Gateway computer for digital music, digital 
photography, digital video, gaming, and other programs. To access Do More 
with Gateway, tap 
Start, then tap Do More with Gateway. Tap the topics listed on 
the left-side of the page to learn more about the software already installed on 
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Online help
Many programs provide information online so you can research a topic or learn 
how to perform a task while you are using the program. You can access most 
online help information by selecting a topic from a 
Help menu or by tapping 
a 
Help button.
You can search for information by viewing the help contents, checking the 
index, searching for a topic or keyword, or browsing through the online help.